A Study On Knowledge & Awareness Of Work Safety Amongst Employees Working In Radiology Department In A Tertiary Care Hospital.

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

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Sarika P Kate¹  Arun P Chepte¹  Sandeep V Pakhale¹  YS Sachdeva²  Rahul Kunkulol.³ 

[1] Department of Anatomy;Department of Radiology;Department of Pharmacology

关键词: Radiation dose;    Radiation risk;    Technologists;    Cancer risk;    Questionnaire;   

DOI  :  10.33887/rjpbcs/2023.14.1.17

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

The radiation exposure is one of major risk factor for hospitals which not only affects employeesbut also to patients and their relatives. The risk of cancer is increasing because of increase in tomograhicexaminations in recent era.Various studies had shown that the knowledge &awareness level of healthworkers towards radiation safety is very less so every year about 90% healthcare workers are exposed toradiation. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of Knowledge and awareness regardingradiation safety among radiology technicians& allied healthworkers. In this cross sectional study thetechnologists & allied healthworkers and residents, fellows of the Department of Radiology are includedin the study.The prevalidated questionnaire used was obtained from a literature knowledge studyobtained from AERB guidelines and other Radiological society guidelines. The questionnaire wascomprised of 2 sections.First section includes demographic characteristics like Gender, Age,Qualification,Work experience.Second section comprises of 20 questions based on knowledge, awareness& good practices. A prevalidated Questionnaire will be given to radiology technicians and alliedhealthworkers in google form format and from their responses data analysis is done. The Questionnaireincludes open as well as closed ended questions. A well informed valid consent will be obtained fromparticipants. The mean score of correct answers was 10.93 out of 20 (50 %).90.32% of the employeeswere male (n=56), and 9.67% of the workers were female (n=6). 53 % Individuals taking part in the studywere between 18 to 27 yrs old,29 % between 28 to 37 years old and 17 % between 38 to 57 yrs old.63 %have less than 5 yrs experience while 4.8 % have more than 25 yrs of experience.Considering theireducational backgrounds, it was detected that 40.3% had an associate’s degree (n=25), 24.19% had a highschool diploma (n=15), 12.9% had a bachelor’s degree (n=8) and 6.45% had a master’s degree (n=4). Theresults of this survey show knowledge deficit among all radiology workers, including residents, fellowsand technologists.Staff radiologists should impart knowledge & updates in the fields to technicians,residents, fellows regularly as well provide expert counselling on risk and dose issues.

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